Oral history.; Born on November 6, 1916, in Quito, Mississippi, Mrs. Martha Sisson Miller was the daughter of John William Sisson and Myrlea Johnson Sisson. She attended elementary and high school at Indianola City School. She attended Sunflower...
A collection of interviews with African-Americans of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, circa twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, who knew Colonel John Robinson, an African-American pilot who was tapped by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Sellassie in the...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on October 24, 1978 with Mr. Nathaniel H. Lewis at his home in McComb, Mississippi. Lewis was born in McComb, Mississippi. In 1928, Lewis and his father organized the McComb Independent Lodge NO. 846 of the...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on September 14, 1977 with Mr. Semmes Luckett, attorney at law, at his office in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Luckett was born on October 28, 1905 in Yazoo City, Mississippi. He entered the University of Mississippi...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 23, 1977 with Mr. Jimmy Swan. Swan was born in Cullman County, Alabama. He ran away from home when he was thirteen or fourteen and ended up in Wayne County, Mississippi. Swan sang in nightclubs and...
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Published in New York by McLoughlin Bros., Inc., circa 1890s. Title and imprint from cover. P. [2] and [3] of cover included in pagination. "56". "One thing at a time" poem on page 13. "Pussy...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. One-page poem authored by Rita Walker, a Freedom Summer volunteer and native of Holly Springs, Mississippi.
From the Rare Books Collection. Title page of Temora, an ancient epic poem, in eight books : together with several other poems composed by Ossian, the son of Fingal. Also from the title page: Translated from the Galic [Gaelic] language by James...
Yearbook page featuring photograph of B. F. Valentine of Jones County and the poem, "Our Dear Old M.N.C." by M.D. Dunlap; The New Spirit, 1915, page 41; 7 x 10
A collection of ten interviews with participants in the Mississippi civil rights movement. The people interviewed discuss how they came to participate in the civil rights movement, their various activities, including voter registration, Freedom...
A collection of six interviews with participants in the Mississippi civil rights movement. The people interviewed discuss how they came to participate in the civil rights movement, their various activities, including voter registration, Freedom...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on October 6, 2006 with Fred Dunaway and Caroline Dunaway. Residents of Back Bay, Biloxi, Mr. & Mrs. Dunaway discuss their experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; Mr. King T. Evans was born on March 19, 1913 near Uniontown, Alabama, in Perry County. In 1925, Mr. Evans moved to Mississippi with his parents. His father was a mechanic and farmer. For a brief period, Mr. Evans attended the...
Oral history.; Mrs. Mattie Lou Hardy was born on May 13, 1908, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Mrs. Hardy first attended school at Mount Zion Baptist Church, then transferred to the Eureka School in the first grade. She was a member of Eureka's second...
Oral history.; Reverend Kenneth Haynes Sr. was born October 11, 1930, in Amite County, Mississippi. In 1958, he entered the ministry, enrolling in Harper Baptist College where he received a Diploma in Christian Education and a Doctorate of...
Oral history.; Discusses her father, Erle Johnston. Describes his relations with Ross Barnett and his work with the State Sovereignty Commission, which she denies was ever a spy organization.
Oral history.; Interview conducted on July 31, 1981 with Mr. Cecil Shelton at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Shelton was born on September 1, 1945 in Gore Springs, Mississippi. After graduating high school in...
Oral history.; Reverend F.T. (Ted) Shepherd was born July 10, 1924, in Greenville, Mississippi. In 1942, he was graduated from Greenville High School. During World War II he served in the armed forces. He graduated from Delta State Teachers...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 26, 1979 with Mr. William J. Simmons at his office in Jackson, Mississippi. Simmons was born in 1916 in Utica, Mississippi. He attended Millsaps College and Mississippi College, graduating from the...
Oral history.; Reverend Harry C. Tartt was born on October 16, 1908, in Biloxi, Mississippi. Reverend Tartt attended New Orleans University (now Dillard University) in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1934, Reverend Tartt began teaching school at...
